1997

1997 was the 8th year of the 1990s and 1997th year of the Common Era.

Events

 * First Chechen War peace treaty signed between Russia and the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, marking the temporary end to the conflict.
 * Death of Khmer Rouge leader Son Sen, the right-hand man of Pol Pot, during a political split in the Khmer Rouge rebel insurgency on the border of Cambodia and Thailand.
 * Hong Kong is turned over to the People's Republic of China by the United Kingdom as a special administrative division.

Ongoing Wars
1991
 * Sierra Leonese Civil War (1991-2002)
 * Algerian Civil War (1991-2002)
 * Afghan Civil War (1992-2001)
 * Tajik Civil War (1992-1997)
 * Burundian Civil War (1993-2005)
 * Iraqi Kurdish Civil War (1994-1997)
 * Caprivi conflict (1994-1999)
 * First Congo War (1996-1997)
 * Pyramid Crisis/Albanian Unrest of 1997 (1997)